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EN 1.3551 Steel vs. Austempered Cast Iron

Both EN 1.3551 steel and austempered cast iron are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3551 steel and the bottom bar is austempered cast iron.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
270 to 490
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
62 to 69
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
860 to 1800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1490
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 36
42
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
2.9
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.9
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 71
25
Embodied Water, L/kg 82
48

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
32 to 66
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
27 to 44
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 9.8
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
25 to 53

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.020
Carbon (C), % 0.77 to 0.85
3.4 to 3.8
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 88.8 to 91.1
89.6 to 94
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.040
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.35
0.3 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 4.5
0 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 2.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Selenium (Se), % 0
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
2.3 to 2.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.020
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 0.25
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.9 to 1.1
0 to 0.1